GDT #43 Caps vs Ducks W 7-4

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January 5 vs Ducks at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network

Washington Capitals 21-15-6
PP% 15.8(30th) PK% 76.3(27th) Faceoff% 49(22nd)
Anaheim Ducks 21-17-3
PP% 16.9(24th) PK% 75.6(29th) Faceoff% 47.3(26th)

Caps anticipated lines:
Beauvillier 72 - Strome 17 - Ovechkin(C) 8
McMichael 24 - Sourdif 34 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - Dowd(A) 26 - Frank 53
Milano 15 - Lapierre 29

Fehérváry 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Chychrun 6 - Roy 3
Sandin 38 - McIlrath 52
van Riemsdyk 57

Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Leonard, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Sourdif, Beauvillier, Sandin

scratched:
Chisholm 46
Protas 21 - lower body
Wilson 43 - lower body

IR:
Dubois 80 - lower body

Ducks anticipated lines:
Gauthier 61 - Carlsson 91 - Killorn 17
Kreider 20 - McTavish(A) 23 - Sennecke 45
Nesterenko 13 - Granlund 64 - Terry 19
Johnston 44 - Poehling 25 - Strome(A) 16

Lacombe 2 - Trouba 65
Mintyukov 98 - Moore 74
Zellweger 51 - Gudas(C) 7

Mrazek 51
Dostal 1 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Dan O’Rourke 9, Michael Markovic 31
Michel Cormier 76, Matt MacPherson 83

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-ducks

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/topic/Dealing%20with%20injury%20woes,%20Caps%20look%20to%20find%20their%20way%20out%20of%20tailspin%20as%20standings%20tighten,%20more/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x8451

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/01/50770/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-1-5-26/

scoring summary
1st period:
Kreider from Zellweger at 6:33
Sourdif(6) from McMichael and Roy at 15:56
Sourdif(7) from McMichael at 18:58
2nd period:
Leonard(9) from Sourdif and McMichael at 5:54
Sourdif[8] from Leonard and McMichael at 7:30
Ovechkin(16) (913) from Fehérváry and Carlson at 8:52
Kilorn from Johnston at 12:56
Trouba from Terry at 14:12
3rd period:
Sennecke from Gauthier and LaCombe 9:22
Carlson(9) ENG from Dowd and Fehérváry at 18:46
Ovechkin(17) ENG (914) from Sourdif at 19:18

Caps win 7-4

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Protas is a game time decision, Wilson is out tonight.


McIlrath is playing, even though coach says he doesn’t expect any retribution on Trouba. Which seems fair because I wouldn’t call it retribution.

[Mickstix]

Not retribution as much as sending the message.. Head hunt our young star, answer the bell. Nothing more.

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No Protas tonight.


Pregame on the radio said Dubois is skating, on his own, not with the team.

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PK time


already

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Duhaime takes on Trouba. Kind of a wash. Trouba didn’t atone for anything on that one.

[Mickstix]

Trouba knocked him down with 1 punch. Sad excuse for a fight from us. Par for the season. 

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PP time

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Trouba knocked him down with 1 punch. Sad excuse for a fight from us. Par for the season.

I was really hoping McIlrath would get to him.
 

[richkrt99]

pretty lackluster all around.  If Ovi one timer from a slow - long telegraphed pass is the best we got on the PP, we need pack it in.  Put some puck handlers out there and let em play.

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GOOOAAALLLL

SOURDIF

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GOOOAAALLLL

SOURDIF

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Caps up 2-1 after one

[Mickstix]

Decent 2nd half of the period. Thankfully Sourdif is feeling it tonight!


Never seen Ovi go this long, looking this bad. Usually he snaps out of it and scores a couple. He may be cooked. 

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Caps picked up a penalty at the buzzer, will start the 2nd on the pk

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Ducks get a 17 second PP as they a commit a foul

4 on 4

short pp

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McIlrath vs Johnston

5 minutes.. for fighting

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GOOOAAALLLL

LEONARD

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GOOOAAALLLL

SOURDIF